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Ecclesiastes 4 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - And better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - 'Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and he saith not, 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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